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Definition of phonics - 5 dictionary results

phon⋅ics

[fon-iks or, for 2, foh-niks]
–noun (used with a singular verb)
1. a method of teaching reading and spelling based upon the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.
2. Obsolete. phonetics.

Origin:
1675–85; phon- + -ics
phon·ics   (fŏn'ĭks)   
n.   (used with a sing. verb)
  1. A method of teaching elementary reading and spelling based on the phonetic interpretation of ordinary spelling.
  2. Phonetics.

Phonics

Phon"ics\, n. See Phonetics.
Language Translation for : phonics
Spanish: fonología,
German: die Phonetik,
Japanese: 音響学

phonics 
1683, "science of sound," from Gk. phone "sound" (see fame). The meaning "method of teaching reading" is first attested 1908, though the system dates from 1844.

Main Entry: pho·nics
Pronunciation: 'fän-iks, 1 is also 'fO-niks
Function: noun plural but singular in construction
1 : thescience of sound : ACOUSTICS
2 : a method of teaching beginners to read and pronounce words bylearning the phonetic value of letters, letter groups, and especially syllables
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